Michael Cullen Labour Saving: A Memoir by Michael Cullen
49.99 NZD
Category: NZ Biography & Memoir
Secondhand. A fascinating and in-depth insight into the extraordinary career of one of our most important politicians, who was instrumental in shaping the development of Aotearoa New Zealand. In this clever, witty and detailed memoir, Hon Sir Michael Cullen describes his lengthy political career, incl ...Show more
To Be Fair - Confessions of a District Court Judge by Rosemary Riddell
39.99 NZD
Category: NZ Biography & Memoir | Reading Level: very good
Retired judge Rosemary Riddell shares her reminiscences of life on the bench, complete with its humour, frustrations and poignant moments. A unique glimpse into a world most of us can only imagine, her story is a fascinating commentary on New Zealand life from the point of view of a woman involved in th ...Show more
Where We Swim by Ingrid Horrocks
35.00 NZD
Category: NZ Biography & Memoir | Reading Level: very good
‘I’d wanted to remember why it was we swam in the first place – to remember the pleasure of immersing in an element other than air.’ Ingrid Horrocks had few aspirations to swimming mastery, but she had always loved being in the water. She set out on a solo swimming journey, then abandoned it for a diffe ...Show more
My Mother and Other Secrets by Wendyl Nissen
38.99 NZD
Category: NZ Biography & Memoir
Uncovering old family secrets leads Wendyl Nissen to a better understanding of her mother.
Two Shakes of a Lamb's Tail: The Diary of a Country Vet by Danielle Hawkins
37.99 NZD
Category: NZ Biography & Memoir | Reading Level: very good
Two Shakes of a Lamb's Tail is the funny, illuminating diary of a year in the life of a New Zealand farm vet. With a husband and two children, 1200 sheep and 400 cattle, farm dogs and pet lambs, pigs bent on excavation and a goat bent on escape, country life is never dull. From calving cows to constipa ...Show more
Perfection: The Life and Times of Sir William Manchester by Earle Brown
39.95 NZD
Category: NZ Biography & Memoir
From country boy to internationally renowned plastic surgeon, from junior medical officer to Lieutenant Colonel in just four years, "Perfection: the life and times of Sir William Manchester" covers a life of achievement and service. Hailing from small beginnings in rural Waimate, William Manchester beca ...Show more
From the Centre - A Writer's Life by Patricia Grace
40.00 NZD
Category: NZ Biography & Memoir | Reading Level: very good
'We live by the sea, which hems and stitches the scalloped edges of the land.' Renowned writer Patricia Grace begins her remarkable memoirs beside her beloved Hongoeka Bay. It is the place she has returned to throughout her life, and fought for, one of many battles she has faced- 'It was when I first we ...Show more
Grief on the Run by Julie Zarifeh
36.99 NZD
Category: NZ Biography & Memoir | Reading Level: very good
Julie Zarifeh shares the tragic story of losing her 27-year-old son, Sam, in a whitewater rafting accident just sixteen days after her 60-year-old husband, Paul, died of pancreatic cancer. She describes how she and her surviving son and daughter dealt with this double whammy and how she embraced the not ...Show more
This Is Not How It Ends - How Rewriting your Story can Save Your Life by Jehan Casinader
35.00 NZD
Category: NZ Biography & Memoir | Reading Level: very good
A BOOK OF HEALING AND HOPE BY NEW ZEALAND TV JOURNALIST JEHAN CASINADER As an award-winning TV journalist, Jehan Casinader told other people's stories - until he lost control of his own. Severely depressed, he tried everything - from mindfulness to massage; Prozac to Pilates. Was something missing? Th ...Show more
Bus Stops on the Moon - Red Mole Days 1974-1980 by Martin Edmond
39.95 NZD
Category: NZ Biography & Memoir | Reading Level: near fine
Bus Stops on the Moon is a personal and a cultural history. As memoir, it is a sequel to The Dreaming Land (2015). A troubled and restless young Martin Edmond is on his way to becoming the wiser, older man who will sit down and write both narratives. As cultural history, the book gives us a participant' ...Show more
Bill & Shirley: A Memoir by Keith Ovenden
35.00 NZD
Category: NZ Biography & Memoir
Bill Sutch and Shirley Smith were two of New Zealand's most significant twentieth-century figures: Sutch as an economist, influential civil servant, and inspirational proponent of innovation in the fields of social and economic development, and Smith as glass-ceiling breaker in the formerly male-dominat ...Show more
In the Time of the Manaroans by Miro Bilbrough
40.00 NZD
Category: NZ Biography & Memoir | Reading Level: very good
At fourteen Miro Bilbrough falls out with the communist grandmother who has raised her since she was seven, and is sent to live with her father and his rural-hippy friends. It is 1978, Canvastown, New Zealand, and the Floodhouse is a dwelling of pre-industrial gifts and deficiencies set on the banks of ...Show more